Robert E. Lee: A Life Allen C. Guelzo (Knopf, 608 pages, $35) “Who’s that man on the horse?” I asked…
Churchill & Son Josh Ireland (Dutton, 464 pages, $34) Despite an inauspicious beginning, Churchill & Son is a thoughtful study…
Since 2009, every change of presidents has been accompanied by a great furor and scurry among the punditry over whose…
“Why did so few heed Churchill’s warnings about Hitler in the 1930s?” A routine question, it snapped me back instantly…
Yankee Stadium, 1958 When Washington was in town, the drill was always the same: Play hooky; 15¢ for a bus…
November 22, 2018 — A photographer friend sends along praise of Senator Barry Goldwater. Gone now twenty years, he was…
P rince William landed in Israel Monday for the first royal visit to the country. Although the Prince indicated some sympathy…
On the first day of April 2018, a spoof flashed around social media. In honor of Easter, all thirty Major…
It’s all over the Internet, so it must be true. Not only did Winston Churchill oppose women’s rights, gas tribesmen,…
D arkest Hour, Joe Wright’s recent film, vividly describes the closing days of May 1940, when Adolf Hitler’s blitzkrieg swept over…